Sandwell Council is joining forces with West Midlands Fire Service to raise prevent fires in homes across the borough.

The projects aims to raise fire safety awareness among its tenants and leaseholders who live in the borough's 5,000 low-rise properties.

A special low-rise fire safety campaign is now underway and runs until until Friday, October 17.

Deputy leader of Sandwell Council and cabinet member for neighbourhoods, Councillor Mahboob Hussain, said: "As the borough's largest landlord, we want to ensure that all our tenants and leaseholders who live in low-rise blocks are as safe as they can possibly be from the dangers of smoke and fire.

"It's extremely important that you know what to do if there is a fire in your block and how you can help keep yourself, your family and your neighbours safe."

Neil Griffiths, WMFS group commander for Black Country South, said: "We're here to make the West Midlands Safer, and are delighted to be working with Sandwell Council on another important safety initiative, which is another boost for our already strong partnership.

"The low-rise fire safety campaign is one of a number of on-going safety initiatives which sees us working with together to keep our communities safe."

A booklet called Fire Safety For Your Home is being delivered to homes.

The booklet has three key themes: prevent, prepare and respond and offers potentially life-saving advice to tenants to test their smoke alarms weekly and report fire hazards immediately to the council so they can be dealt with.

During the campaign, tenants will be able to raise fire safety-related concerns with Sandwell Council neighbourhood officers and WMFS officers who are visiting all low-rise blocks as part of the campaign, and at events including drop-in sessions at community venues and visits to blocks by fire appliances.

Sandwell Council has trained dozens of its neighbourhood officers to carry out home fire-safety checks in council properties and a successful high-rise fire safety campaign was run last year, both initiatives were supported by West Midlands Fire Service.